Calling all Worcestershire SEND parent carers! We’d like to hear your experiences of accessing a ‘short break’ from your caring responsibilities. Our members tell us that finding the right support for their SEND child or young person so they can…
This week the results of a leading autism and parental blame research project had its first introduction at the Worcestershire Autism Partnership Board. WPCF ensured Worcestershire parent carers were there to share their local experiences of parental blame. The ‘Blamed…
WPCF are pleased to be involved in today’s quality assurance visit to ‘deep dive’ the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) service here in Worcestershire. This visit was initiated following extensive feedback from parent carers to WPCF and Healthwatch.…
Last week 7 of our parent carer ‘reps’ gave up their day to attend Worcestershire’s SEND Strategy Delivery Plan Review. Working alongside senior managers from across children’s and adults’ education, health and social care, our reps shared the experiences and…
This week 10 parent carer ‘reps’ from WPCF met with senior leaders from the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust‘s CAMHS service and mental health commissioners from Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust. It was the start of a…
Tonight 8 WPCF parent carer ‘reps’ met with Worcestershire’s Designated Clinical Officer (DCO) to discuss the guidance Worcestershire GPs receive to support children and young people with SEND. We were also joined by 2 Worcestershire GPs and 2 Worcestershire SENCOs.…
As we predicted we are starting to hear from Worcestershire parent carers who are being issued generic ‘attendance concern’ letters (that warn of fines & legal proceedings) for their SEND children. Many of these children have neurodivergent diagnoses and aren’t…
As Worcestershire’s parent carer forum, Families in Partnership (FiP) want to hear from families with children/young people with SEND, about their experiences booking and using Groups, Activities and Short Breaks Provision across Worcestershire. We are collecting the views and experiences…
On 27 September 2023, officials from Department for Education SEND and NHS England reviewed the progress Worcestershire Children First have made against our Accelerated Progress Plan (APP) over the last eighteen months. Families in Partnership facilitated a survey which informed…
Worcestershire’s parent carer forum, Families in Partnership (FiP), want to hear from families with children/young people with SEND, about their experiences booking and using Groups, Activities and Short Breaks Provision across Worcestershire. They are collecting the views and experiences of families…
